Sievekingia fimbriata... It's the real McCoy, Zain

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Sievekingia fimbriata... It's the real McCoy, Zain

Has grown nicely for the past couple of years, since arriving in my collection, now filling this maybe 7 or 8cm net pot. Six spikes - amazing ! If only they all come to perfection like this first one - "the stuff that dreams are made on" as maybe Shakespeare said.

This is the only orchid called fimbriata , which has fimbriate (fringed) petals, with that last word )petals) underlined -that I know of. All the rest have fringed lips. Which of course leads to disappointment, if you have seen a pic of a much more strongly fringed Sievekingia, and assumed it was this - that one is S.rheichenbachiana - not yet in my collection, but available from Ecuador ( and I am trying to persuade a dealer there- who never comes to UK, but does visit Germany , to take one there and post it to me....but that's another story.

I am led to believe that Sievekingia is very closely linked to Stanhopea, but more ancient, as a genus. Whatever it is, I like it.

Thank you Geoff this is a true Sievekingia fimbriata really awesome I really like it so much very beautiful photo too, I was hunting for several times but difficult to get one, was ordered from Australia as protocom stage labelled as fimbriata after 3 years once it's opened so sad turn up to be suavis which I had already, no luck.Thanks for sharing this wonderful species.

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